This Wednesday night's Powerball Lottery Jackpot has climbed to $62 million after there was no winner in Saturdays drawing. Saturday's numbers were; 18, 24, 33, 47, 48 and the Powerbal was 23.

Tickets for Wednesday's drawing are going fast. "I waited in the ticket line for almost 30 minutes, but I won't dream of going home without mine." said Luanne Gardiner of Oklahoma City... Full Story

After Friday night's drawing yielded no winner, Tuesday's multi-state Mega Millions Lottery will be worth upwards of $114 million. That translates to about a $70 million cash option. 

"Not too bad, for a $1 bet." Says Jean Gilbert from Thomasville, GA.

Friday night's winning numbers (12, 13, 15, 41, 42 and mega ball number 37)... Full Story

After once again rolling over Tuesday night, the Mega Millions Lottery is threatening to break triple digits of millions for the grand prize, as tonight's drawing will feature a jackpot of $95 million. The new numbers will be drawn tonight after 11:00; as usual, drawings take place Tuesday and Friday nights.

The numbers from Tuesday were 9, 18, 19, 26, and 40. The Mega Millions number was 38. Six players matched the five lotto numbers, but missed the Mega Ball. Their tickets are each worth $250,000... Full Story

The Powerball Lottery once again takes its turn tonight on the National stage. The jackpot for tonights drawing is $43 million, which is still a long ways away from the Mega Millions jackpot for this weekend.

Both the multi-state lotteries have fizzled out in recent months when approaching the $100 million mark. For Powerball, it will take several more draws before the grand prize gets anywhere near that figure.

Mega Millions has been the top jackpot for most of the year. It has already had two huge payouts at the beginning of the year, and now appears ready to make one of its legendary runs towards $300 million... Full Story

The Texas Lottery has become the focus of the nation. Their Lotto Texas game has the highest jackpot in a single state lottery for Wednesday and the hype is beginning to grow for the drawing.

The jackpot is currently at $28 million and is sure to create quite a stir should nobody hit it on Wednesday night. For a while, Texas trailed Florida, but the Sunshine State had their grand prize hit last week.

"It is exciting. I know I sure can use $28 million, so I'm gonna buy me about fifty tickets for Wednesday. If I win, that would be unbelievable, but I can't pass up the opportunity to play," said Ben Trinkley from Houston, Texas... Full Story

After a failure Friday night to find a winner who matched all five numbers and the Mega Ball, the giant lottery rolled over to an $81 million jackpot for Tuesday's drawing. Friday night's prize, $70 million, went unclaimed to push the progressive prize higher.

Friday's numbers were 8, 23, 29, 30, and 53. The Mega Ball was 7.

Five players did win the second prize, which amounted to $250,000. .. Full Story

The weekend is once again upon us and that means it is time to give away some free money. At least that is the motto for some of the countries biggest lotteries, who will be trying to give away major jackpots over the weekend.

The Mega Millions multi-state lottery leads the way as it usually does. The jackpot has quickly risen to $70 million since the last draw on Tuesday. The next drawing will be on Friday night.

Powerball, the other multi-state lottery in the United States has also began to accumulate millions of dollars. .. Full Story

The Florida Lottery is once again the news of the nation, rolling over to a $30 million jackpot, after no entries matched Saturday night's draw. In Florida, an extra dollar spent on a single ticket increases the payout by $10 million, and two extra dollars invested in a single draw increases the pot by $25 million.

Accordingly, Wednesday night's draw in Florida may pay as high as $55 million, ensuring brisk business at the state's retailers tomorrow. Florida's Lotto has not paid a winner since July 16th. Since then, the jackpot has rolled over seven times.

Wednesday's drawing alone is expected to generate over $21 million for Florida's educational system... Full Story

It might not be the biggest jackpot of the year for the Mega Millions multi-state lottery, but it certainly is enough to make someone very happy. Tuesday's drawing could bring a lucky person $56 million.

Sure, there have been drawings this year for Mega Millions that have been upwards of $100 million, but that does not mean that $56 million cannot make someone experience a major lifestyle change.

Whether or not someone can get lucky enough to pick... Full Story

Arkansas may well be the next state to run a lottery. Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter is leading a movement to chandw the state constitution to allow the creation of a state lottery.

Champions of the institution of a lottery estimate over $100 million could be raised in annual revenue for the state. Missouri officials said the running of an Arkansas lottery could cost Missouri's system as much as $25 million... Full Story

After six draws over three weeks without any contestant picking all six numbers correctly, the Florida Lottery has grown to a prize of $25 million for a one-dollar entry. This is more than the current Mega Millions prize, putting Florida square in the lottery spotlight Saturday night.Wednesday's draw gave the numbers 7, 9, 22, 23, 27, and 43. .. Full Story

A family of fourteen will split the Pennsylvania Powerball winnings of $86 million. Two brothers, who always split numbers between them, had agreed if they won they would take care of their nieces and nephews as well as their own families... Full Story

Ohio University football player Mike Eynon correctly picked five of six numbers in the Ohio State Mega-Millions draw, giving him winnings of $250,000. Eynon had all five of the base number right, but missed the mega ball number which would have won him $34 million... Full Story

Lottery fever is sweeping Canada, as the Wednesday night jackpot grew toward becoming one of the largest lottery payoffs in Canadian history. Players vying for the $43 million prize were buying tickets for Lottery 6/49 in Ontario at the unheard-of rate of 3300 per minute.

The six numbers selected were 10, 18, 22, 26, 34, and 38. The bonus number was 39... Full Story

The Mega Millions lottery jackpot seems like it should take a whi8le for someone to win. It is only at $34 million for tonight's draw, and that is rare for a jackpot that has been hovering closer to $100 million for the better part of the year.

Already, the Mega Millions jackpot has reached the $100 million mark several times this year. While it starts down around $15 million, it has not taken long this year for the jackpot to grow.

People have either been unlucky, or it has just been one... Full Story

It was not a good night on Saturday if you were one of the people who were expecting the major lotteries around the country to grow. All of the lotteries that had large jackpots going into the night came away with winners.

The California Lottery was growing throughout the week leading into Saturday. It will start over again for their next draw after the grand prize was hit. It was not alone, however.

The multi-state Powerball lottery was headed towards a grand prize of $100 million. That was before Saturday. After the weekend that jackpot will drop back down to $15 million for Wednesday... Full Story

It has been some time since the Florida Lotto game has received a lot of attention for having a high jackpot. People in the Sunshine State are hoping that this is the one that will get them back on top.

The lottery jackpot for this Saturday's draw currently stands at $16 million. While that is not something to drop everything and get in line for yet, it soon could reach those numbers.

The individual states have been having trouble getting their jackpots to grow. With the multi-state lotteries, it seems like one of them is up near $100 million almost constantly... Full Story

The Superlotto Plus lottery jackpot in California is a good example of how rich the state has become. The governor is expanding legalized forms of gambling at record speed and still people find a way to continue to play the lottery.

The jackpot for the Superlotto Plus is now the highest one in the country for a single state lottery. It currently stands at $47 million for the next draw on Saturday night.

While Governor Schwarzenegger has been busy trying to expand casino gambling, the people of the state are still happy with the idea that they could become rich quick through the lottery... Full Story

The Powerball drawing for tonight has just been completed and it is good news for anyone who did not have the time to buy tickets. Those people can try again on Saturday after there were no winners tonight.

The jackpot for the multi-state lottery headed once again towards the $100 million mark. It will be $75 million for Saturday's draw. If someone had hit tonight they would have walked away with $64 million.

The winning numbers for Wednesday night were 3-25-45-51-55, and the bonus was 13. The winning numbers have been elusive so far this year for both multi-state lotteries, the Powerball and Mega Millions... Full Story

While casinos around the country are having problems with their  revenue numbers for the first time in a long time, state lotteries are not suffering from a similar fate. State lotteries are setting ticket sale records all across North America.

Iowa is the newest state to report that they have broken a sales record. They reported sales of nearly $250 million for the fiscal year that recently ended. The sales were a six percent increase from the previous year.

The Iowa Lottery began back in 1985 and has steadily increased... Full Story